Lunar Caves

When we land up at Moon where shall we live?

Is it on the surface of the moon like earth?

Impossible because the temperature dynamics is so acute that on day it will be approximately 100⁰c and on night it would be around -150⁰c . Further, there is a possibility of micro-meteorites strikes and dust storms. Why these adversities are there at moon and not at earth? Because, the earth has atmosphere, which protects us from micro-meteorite strikes as well as drastic temperature changes.

So, we cannot live on the surface of the moon like earth. Then where could we live , the possible answers are started coming up recently. One such possibility is offered by Lunar Caves.

 (Image Courtesy : Appolo images archieve)

Lunar caves or lunar lava tubes are the tunnel like features run across many kilometers beneath moon surface. These caves would have been the result of the underground lava flow.  It is predicted that the temperature in these caves will range between 20 to -20 ⁰c. This is tolerable for human beings.

So our dream on living in moon is limited to living inside these tunnels. We can also expand the tunnel and create our own infrastructure inside these tunnels. However, we need to answer other questions like, how we are going to manage the gravity effect of moon which is approximately 1/6 of earth? And Water and Oxygen supply.